Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.